ONGOING CASES
B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
On April 16, 2024, the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of the plaintiff, a middle school-aged trans athlete and held that a West Virginia law prohibiting trans students from participating equally in school sports violated Title IX. On November 18, 2024, the Supreme Court denied defendants’ petition for review.
Anderson v. Crouch
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
VICTORY! On April 29, 2024, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a joint decision en banc in Kadel v. Folwell and Anderson v. Crouch, finding that healthcare plans that cover medically necessary treatments for certain diagnoses but bar coverage of those same medically necessary treatments for patients diagnosed with gender dysphoria violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
Kadel v. Folwell
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
VICTORY! On April 29, 2024, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a joint decision en banc in Kadel v. Folwell and Anderson v. Crouch, finding that healthcare plans that cover medically necessary treatments for certain diagnoses but bar coverage of those same medically necessary treatments for patients diagnosed with gender dysphoria violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
Hammons v. University of Maryland Medical System, Inc.
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
Jesse Hammons was denied a commonly performed medical procedure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center because he is transgender. The taxpayer-owned hospital claims that providing Hammons with medical care would be a violation of their religious beliefs. The case is currently in abeyance pending the Fourth Circuit's en banc decision in Anderson v. Crouch.